Um...it's not a non-existent issue if it happened. On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's not going to do much good to keep discussing this, because as I > pointed out yesterday Vista does not normally behave this way. Yes, if > you view the properties on the disk it will show as read only, but > after copied back to the hard drive they don't. > > Rather than discuss a non-existent issue, try it yourself first. I > just now tried it again, this time using the Vista built-in burner. > > PS I don't remember this ever happening to me in XP either. At work we > still burn a ton of data DVDs for archiving, and nobody yet has > required any explanation why they can't edit those files (but I don't > have one to check). > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:50 PM, TPiwowar <[email protected]> wrote: > > XP had the unfortunate habit of setting the read-only flag of files > copied > > to CDs. Copying such files back to the hard drive left the read-only flag > > set. I had to go to Properties to uncheck the read-only box before I > could > > edit the files. > > > > Today I did same with Vista. Again the problem with the read-only flag. > > Except this time after I uncheck the read-only box (and press Apply etc), > I > > find that the files continues to be read only. When I reopen Properties I > > find the read-only box has been rechecked. I go round and round several > > times, but the read-only flag can not be disabled. Why is is so > persistent? > > How do I get to edit my files? > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
